Flowserve (FLS) Competitors

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Graco (NYSE:GGG) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FLS or GGG?

Graco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flowserve	$4.32B	1.51	$186.74M	$1.77	28.04
Graco	$2.20B	6.40	$506.51M	$2.90	28.63

Is FLS or GGG more profitable?

Graco has a net margin of 23.15% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 5.29%. Graco's return on equity of 23.01% beat Flowserve's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowserve	5.29%	15.50%	6.01%
Graco	23.15%	23.01%	18.73%

Does the media refer more to FLS or GGG?

In the previous week, Graco had 11 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Graco and 7 mentions for Flowserve. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Graco's score of 0.59 indicating that Flowserve is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flowserve	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Graco	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FLS or GGG?

Flowserve has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graco has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLS or GGG?

Flowserve received 193 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.83% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 60.86% of users gave Graco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flowserve	Outperform Votes 577 63.83%	Underperform Votes 327 36.17%
Graco	Outperform Votes 384 60.86%	Underperform Votes 247 39.14%

Do analysts rate FLS or GGG?

Flowserve currently has a consensus price target of $51.55, indicating a potential upside of 3.86%. Graco has a consensus price target of $88.25, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. Given Graco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Graco is more favorable than Flowserve.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flowserve	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Graco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FLS or GGG?

93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Flowserve shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Graco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FLS or GGG a better dividend stock?

Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Flowserve pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graco pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Graco beats Flowserve on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.